Beam supporting means for textile machinery



July 14, 1931. w. H. BAHAN 1,814,780

BEAM SUPPORTING MEANS FOR TEXTILE mcmmEmry Filed yJuly 11, 1929 lquickly placed in the said Patented `uly 14, 1931 UNITED STAT WILLIAM n.BAHANOF GREENVILLE, soUT-II CAROLINA BEAM SUPPORTING ,MEANS Applicationled J 111`y' 11,

and it is an object of my invention to provide a beam rest or beam lockwhichis cai pable of being attached to any of these machines, but ismore especially adapted to be attached to afloom into which the beamfull of the warp thread is .adapted to be placed, f

yand then the threads` are led from this beam through the loom, andv inthe drawings are shown my beam rest or beam lock attached to a loom,that it is capable of being attached to other forms of textile machinerywhere a beam rest or beam lock is adapted tol be used and is required. lf

An object of my invention is to provide a beam rest or ybeam lockadapted to support 'Y the ends of the beam at the-bearing portionthereof, said beam rest or beam lock being Aso constructed as topermituthebeam t0y be support or vto be quickly removed therefrom, andwhen placed in positionl to be locked in adjusted `position y while thesaid beam is being used. v

Another obj ect of my invention is to provide a beam rest or beam lockinto which al ybeam for a loom can be quickly placed and l,secured inposition, andy from which the beam can be quickly removed when 'thethread r therefrom has been exhausted. j l

Although I have shown only one end of a loom in the drawings, and thisend is the end in which the roll of warp is mounted, it

is evident that a similar roll is placed on the other end of the loomonto which the cloth is Wound yafter the `lling has .been placed but Idesire it to be understoodv EOE TEXTILE MACHINERY 1929. 'serial No.377,403.

therein by the shuttle. My invention, therefore is applied alsoto theend of the loom on which the cloth is wound on another beam.

Some of the objects of my invention having been stated other objectswill appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, 1n which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of oneend of a loomshowing my beam rest attached thereto; L l

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the beam rest looking from the sameposition as shown in Figure 1, and showing portions ythereof in dottedlines;

. Figure is an edge vie-w of Figure 2 looking from the left hand side ofFigure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the numeral 1() indicatesthe frame work of a loom proper, and the numeral 11 indicates the beamwhich is adapted to be placed into the loom, said beam having the gear12 thereon, which ris adapted to be driven by the `pinion 18 which isshown in dotted lines together with the take-up mechanism 14; and thedog 15. .These parts are 4conventional in` loom structures, thread 16passing from the beam over the roller 17 and into the loom.

My beam rest has thefportion 18 which is adapted to be secured to theside of a loom at each end thereof by means of a bolt 19 passing throughthe slot 20, said slot 20 permitting vertical adjustment of the beamrest to ktake care` of various sizes of, beamsand the gears thereon soas to cause `the gear to mesh with lthe pinion 13. This portion 18 hasthe bearing` portion 21 and the rest portion. 22, the portion 22 beingadapted to receive the journal of the vbeam kbefore the same is placedinto the bearing portion, anda'ct as a rest for the beam before it issecured in the beam rest or beam lock. Thisv portion 18 has bosses suchas indicated by the reference character 23 tocause the portion 18 to befirmly secured to the end portion of the loom at each side thereof. Ihave shown only one side of the loom but it is understood that the otherside of the loom Will be equipped with a similar device made in areversed direction. The portion 18 has the projecting portion on Whichis pivotally secured the cam 26 by means of the bolt 27 which has thenut 28 thereon, and the lock Washer 29 by means of which the cam 26 canbe secured in position to hold the movable portion 31 in position. Themember 18 has the projecting portion in which is secured the bolt33andthe portion 31 has theelongated slot- 34m-to Wllih the bolt 33 isadapted to iit, thus permitting vthe portion 31 to be slid to the dottedline -posi;- tion as shown in Figure'2 when itis desired to remove orinstall thelbeam *from the beam support bearing 21.

The portion 31 has thelprojeotion vvhieh h as the hollovved out portionon the lower *side thereof l'into ivhih the set scre'W'Bii is adapted toiit,isaid"setscrew3beingthread- I-a'bly secured in the projection 37extending -iii-din the portion l18 with 'the lock 'nut 39 fthe'reon to1lock the bo'lt `36 in "adjusted `=p`o Isit-ion to accommodate 'shalf'tsof various sizes.

With the parts in the Aposition shown in Figures 1 and A2"thejournal ofthiebeam is held in iposition, but when :it is desired 5to remove thebeam from its adjusted position' Tand from thebeamr'est theeam member 26is lstvi'mg to the dotted 2line fpo'sition shown in Tigiirefandltheportion 31 :is lthen "lifted up and slid to the dotted line po'stionfasshown 2 `Awith the 2G^droppeddownalso to 'the position shown in Efull4lines in Figures 1 and2.

'attached*to'lanytypeofdoom, andin'fa'et any type of teitile'machinerjv'in which `a beam' 'scriptiv'e senseorily, and not for purposesoflimitation, the scope `of V)the invention `being set forth in "theappended claims.

I'claim:

1. Inalloo'mfbeam sup'portingimeans vcom-v rprisinga stand' adapted tobe securedtoeach 'sident-the loom, means 'for adjusting :the

' VVstand 'With relationto the iloo'm, anvap'proximately;semi-circular*bearing portion in each "ofthestands,ajs'lidablemeniber mounted on eaohsta'nd and'ha'vl'ng asemi-cireulan'bear- Vand means ltorelaiiiping'the slidable porfot'herpositi bers to be Araised upwardly stand adaptedto Y vsides 'of 'atpiece of machinery, Asemicirnl'ar -dfsaid Y "onsai-d stand, asemi-circular bearing por- 130 ing portion in the lower face thereofadapt-v ed to register with the bearing portion in the stand, means foradjusting the movable member vertically with relation to the stand, andmeans for securing` the movable member in adjusted position.

2. In a beam rest and beam lock for looms and the like, a stand adaptedto be secured to each side of the loom, a bearing portion in each stand,a slidable member secured to each stand and having a semi-circularbearfi'ng portion adapted fto register With the bearing portion in thestand, Emeans for laterally adjusting the slidable portion with relationto the bearing portion in the stand,

tonfn position o, Y, Y

3. In a loom, beam supporting means, said means comprisingga stand, saidstand being adjustable With relation to the loom, a slida'bl'e membermounted-'With relation 5to each stand land having a *semi-circularbearing portion adapted v-to register with' the semiiiclila'r bearing`portion in lthe stand, means for adjusting the semi-circular bearingporti'ons apart ifrom teach other, said semi-cir- :cular beari-ngfportio'ns 'being adapted to fc'inei'de, Y.and i:means for Aolamping-the Slid- 'able 'member position'. h

ln-a beam rest'and'beamlo'ck 'ffor ilooms -and ltheflike, Ya stand,means for adjusting the [stand with relation to the doom, a semi-`"'circularlbearintg portion in-each stand, ameniber slidably andadjustably *mounted on lthe stand *and* l:having jasemi-circular"bearing 5100; portion adapted to `co-opera'te with `thebearing portion in the istand to Lform acomplete bearing, meansfforadjusting lthewslidalile 'portion 'with relation to the -standtovaryfthe jsi'ze "of the bearing portion lformed Iby *thel105 i Wbpaitsgand 'means for Clamping the slidl l j l r'able portiongina'djuste'd position. Tt isthus'seenfthatThafve Yprovided a beam A"5.Infabe'am 'res'tandbeam loek forfteXtile machinery, a stand adapted tobe 'secured'to tivosidesofla loomf'means 'for adjusting said-i110Vstandvertically with relation 'to the loom, a kksemici'rcula"r':bearingportion inl the upper iedgefol -eahf A'said "stands, a memberslidilower-side thereof,a pivotedme'm'bermountl ed aboveeaeh-of theslidablennembers, said pivoted members y:bei/ng Aadapted -to be ad-'justedin'lposition to hold said'slidable members rlin :proper positionand said -pivo'ted 1120 Amembers being adapted to A'be swung to -anonA,to iallo-u7 A'said slidable fmemand slid laterally With relationtothestand 56. 'In ab'eam support 'orftextile-maehinery, 125

be secured to opposite jbearing portions vin the upper 1Vfa'cesoffeaohstands, 'Valnovable member mounted tion on the lower side of saidmovable member, an elongated slot in each of said movable members, abolt secured in said stand and penetrating said slot a pivoted membermounted above said mova le member and being adapted to normally engagesaid movable member to hold said movable member in fixed position, saidpivoted member being adapted to be swung to another position to allowsaid movable member to be raised upwardy and slid laterally withrelation to said stand when it is desired to remove the beam from saidstand.

In testimony whereof I'aHiX my signature.

WILLIAM H. BA1-IAN.

